Applications Specialist Contract Job Trends in Halifax

Application Specialist
West Yorkshire > Halifax

The median Application Specialist daily rate in Halifax is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Halifax 11.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile £418 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Halifax

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Halifax. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Halifax with a recognized job title 26 16 17
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.30% 94.12% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 8
10th Percentile £313 £481 -
25th Percentile £381 £500 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £506 £700
Median % change year-on-year -20.99% -27.68% +27.27%
75th Percentile £500 £542 £738
90th Percentile £523 £550 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.75
Median hourly rate - £12.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year - -20.65% -
75th Percentile - - £16.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £24.82 £14.37
% change year-on-year -23.45% +72.78% -59.02%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Halifax

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Halifax.

Applications Specialist job vacancy trend in Halifax

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Halifax

For the 6 months to 26 March 2026, Applications Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Halifax region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Akamai
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Halifax by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Akamai
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
22 Applications Specialist jobs in England